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American Heart Association Courses at Â鶹ӰԺ!

Â鶹ӰԺ offers several American Heart Association courses. These courses are offered in the HeartCode format. You will be required to complete online modules prior to attending the hands-on classroom portion. Below you will find course descriptions, upcoming class dates, instructions for payment, and links to the required online modules.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

The American Heart Association HeartCode PALS course is geared towards healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. This course prepares healthcare providers to effectively recognize and intervene in pediatric patients with respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest by using high-performance team dynamics and high-quality individual skills. The course covers infant and child CPR, airway management, related pharmacology, interventions for respiratory distress and failure, identification and management of compensated and decompensated shock, recognition and management of cardiac arrest, management of unstable and stable patients with arrythmias, and post-cardiac arrest management.

Students are required to complete the "HeartCode PALS" online modules prior to attending the hands-on training session. The online module can be purchased at: .

PALS Student Audience

The Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course is intended to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively manage critically ill infants and children. This PALS course is intended for licensed and credentialed healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular emergency. Unlicensed personnel are not able to take this course.

How to Sign Up

To sign up, please send an email to hsbh@gbcnv.edu and include a current phone number, which campus and class date you are interested in signing up for. One of our HSBH department admins will reach out to you with Registration and Class details and will add you to the sign up list. You will only be added to the class roster once you register for the class.

Cost

  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS): $100

Class Fee is due no later than 7 days before scheduled class date in order to reserve your spot in the class. No refunds
are available. If payment is not received by the noted deadline on Class letter, you will not be added to class roster. The
details below are in regards for payment of the hands-on portion.

All attendees are required to take the “online” portion before scheduled class date.

This is the American Heart Association’s official website and is the only online certificate that will
be accepted. You will pay for the online portion through the website mentioned. In order to attend the class, you must
bring the printed certificate to Â鶹ӰԺ (Â鶹ӰԺ) to complete the “hands-on” portion.

Hint: Do not complete the modules more than 60 days before the skills check off date. They expire after 60 days.


Please bring your payment (check, card or cash) to the Controller’s office at the Elko Campus located at:

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1500 College Parkway
Elko, NV 89801

Or pay over the phone by card by calling the Controller’s office at 775-327-2085.

If you are paying at ANY of our other Â鶹ӰԺ sites, you can pay in person by Check or Cash payments only.

If you have any questions regarding payment, please call the Controller’s office at 775-327-2085 or at studentaccounts@gbcnv.edu.

Training Schedule

If  you have any questions, please contact School of Health Sciences and Behavioral Health 775-327-2317 or email at hsbh@gbcnv.edu. 

Contact

School of Health Sciences & Behavioral Health
775-327-2317
hsbh@gbcnv.edu

 
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